Chapter 3 The Original Kingdom Concept Colonization of Earth Part 11 of 16 ---10/14/14 UNDERSTANDING KINGDOM CONCEPTS (cont). Through rebellion against the King, however, man lost his rulership. We have been trying to get it back ever since. Even though we lost our earthly kingdom, we still retain the original kingdom idea that the King implanted in our spirit. We are searching for the Kingdom all the time, but without God we can never find it because it is from Him. In our Kingdom search through the ages, man has developed and experimented with many different systems of government, as we saw earlier in this chapter. Every one of them, including those we call kingdoms, are defective because mankind is defective. But they are driven by our desire to regain and restore the original Kingdom. This is not a “utopian” fantasy. In the beginning, God established utopia in heaven---and then extended it to earth. Out utopian dreams are simply expressions of our yearning to regain the Kingdom we once had but lost. According to the “colonial charter” stated in Genesis 1:26 that we looked at earlier, man originally was given an earthly kingdom to rule over, which was perfect. Adam and Eve were overlords of the physical domain, corulers who themselves were ruled only by God, their Creator-King. They were His people, and He as their God; there was no intermediary rulership. Human kingdoms, which at best were dim and flawed reflections of Gods Kingdom, had citizens who were also subjects of the king, meaning that they were “subject” to the kings personal ambitions, goals, whims, and desires. Gods Kingdom is different. In the Kingdom of God there are no subjects, only citizens---but every citizen is a king (or queen) in his or her own right. This is why the Bible refers to God as the “King of kings”. He is the High King of Heaven who rules over human kings He created in turn to rule over the earthly domain. From the book Kingdom Principles Preparing for Kingdom Experience and Expansion Author Dr. Myles Munroe Senior Pastor Bahamas Faith Ministries
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